China calls for emergency talks over North KoreaChina has called for emergency international talks over North Korea, even as Pyongyang is reportedly preparing its missile batteries to counter a joint military exercise by the United States and South Korea. ANI

Afghanistan tops worldwide asylum seekers listAfghanistan has been named as the world's top country for asylum seekers, ahead of Iraq and Somalia, according to statistics compiled by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.ccording to the Washington Post, the number of Afghans seeking political asylum in some other countries has risen dramatically in the past two years. ANI

Balochistan problems cannot be resolved at gunpoint: SharifExpressing concern over the worsening law and order situation in Balochistan, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that the problems of the province cannot not be addressed through brute force or solved at gunpoint. ANI

Krishna launches Northern Railway line in Sri LankaIndian External Affairs S.M Krishna has inaugurated the Northern Railway lines for which New Delhi has pledged a 800-million dollars credit that will spur the reconstruction of the war-ravaged Sri Lanka. ANI